Broadband Guide

With the introduction of VoIP, embedding of video, audio, podcasting, a simple dial up connection is no longer viable. One need broadband. This is true also for a blogger who upload lots of photos to his blog.

What exactly is broadband? This UK Broadband Provider also has a page explaining what you need to know about broadband in a Broadband Internet Guide.

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What to do when you can't get the domain name you wanted

Now that the New Blogger have introduced custom domain which enable bloggers to have their own domain name, and still host their blogs with Blogger, many bloggers may be encouraged to seek after their own domain name rather than having a subdomain like myblog.blogspot.com which they do not own. However, the Internet has been around for quite some time already, and many desirable names have been

Want your own domain name rather than having a sub-domain?

If you start a blog with Blogger with its default choices, you will end up with a subdomain with an URL like yourblog.blogspot.com. This subdomain is not your property, but a property of Blogger, and Blogger can do whatever they want to do with it, including deleting it if they so choose. Further, some have the opinion that using a sub-domain is like using a home address for a business - it will

Free pixels advertisement for Blogger for Dummies

There is a site offering both free and paid image ads for blogs which I might as well try before the page runs out. Only thing is, free image ads are limited to 60x20 pixels. So I am forced to reduced the title of this blog to just "Dummies". I also used the free button generator. In return for the use of both these free services, I am putting image links to their sites. You can find them below:

How to migrate from an old classic Blogger template to the New Blogger template

We get frequent complaints about bloggers not being able to see the Blogger Layout. If you have migrated from an old Blogger account to the New Blogger (formerly Beta) account, your blogs will still be using the old classic template. To check whether your blog is using the old classic template or the New Blogger template, refer to Old classic Blogger template or New Blogger template?.If you are

Mobile phones

Bloggers aren't stuck to their computers 24/7. They have a life to live. They have people to keep in touch with. It is good to have a mobile phone to stay in touch. But there are so many mobile phone providers. Which one to choose?

For this task, Wirefly can make your task easier. You can find information about the various available plans on line from Wirefly. There are Family Plans which if you

New Blogger: How to remove the text Title

IMPORTANT NOTE: This post gives instructions on how to remove the blog title, but also gives reasons why you should not to it after the instructions. I hope you read the rest of the post first before you remove the blog title. Also, whenever you edit the template, it is always wise to backup the current template PLUS whatever Page Elements that can be backed up. See How to backup and edit

Testing a hyperlink for my blog reader

Someone commented that when using the target="_blank" attribute with a blogspot site in Blogger, the window does not open in a new window. That is a suprise to me. I am a retired scientist, and I like to experiment, so I am going to make a hyperlink to the post where my blog reader made that comment: How to make a clickable linkThe HTML I used to make the above hyperlink is in the scroll box